Quality Council of India (QCI) has released the Recruitment Notification 2023 on the behalf of The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Government of India), which intends to recruit Examiners of Patents and Designs, General Central Service Group 'A' Gazetted (Non-Ministerial).
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Latest Update : NTA has been announced the Main Examination Date !
Latest Update: NTA has succcesfully conducted the Preliminary Examination Conducted for Recruitment of Examiners for Patents & Designs (Group A officers), on 21 December 2023 !
Latest Update : Following discussions with CGPDTM, the competent authority has decided that the 'Preliminary Examination' for the recruitment of Examiners of Patents & Designs (Group A Officers) at the Office of CGPDTM will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
Further Deatils regarding the examination will be shared by NTA in the coming days.
Keep Visiting the Official Website of National Testing Agency (NTA) for further updates.
Latest Update: Preliminary Examination Conducted on 3rd September 2023, for Recruitment of Examiners for Patents & Designs (Group A officers), has been Cancelled !
Some Irregularities/ Technical Glitches have been observed in the Online Examination Conducted on
3
rd September 2023 for recruitment of Examiners of Patents & Designs (Group ‘A’ officers) for the
Office of CGPDTM.
Competent Authority has decided to cancel the examination to ensure fairness, credibility and
transparency in the said recruitment process. The new schedule for examination shall be announced in
due course.
Important Information & Dates | |
| Name of Organization | Quality Council of India (QCI) |
Nature of the Job | Permanent |
Official Website | https://www.qcin.org |
Mode of Application | Online only |
Online Application Process Starts | 14th July 2023 |
| Last Date of Application | 7th August 2023 |
Issue of Admit Card for Preliminary Exam | 16 December 2023 |
Date of Preliminary Examination | 21 December 2023 (Re-Exam) |
Preliminary Exam Result Date | First week of January 2024 |
| Issue of Admit Card for Mains Examination | - |
| Date Mains Examination | 25 January 2024 New 1st shift : Mains Paper - I 2nd Shift : Mains Paper - II |
Declaration of Result of Mains Examination | Revised Date to be Announced later |
Issuance of Admit Card for Interview | Revised Date to be Announced later |
| Date of Interview-- | Revised Date to be Announced later |
| Declaration of Final Result of Selected Candidates | Revised Date to be Announced later |
About Office of CGPDTM
The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM)
administers the Industrial Property laws related to-
- Patents (Patents Act 1970)
- Designs (Designs Act, 2000)
- Trade Marks (Trade Marks Act, 1999) and
- Geographical Indications (Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act 1999) in the country.
Ofiices of CGPDTM across the country
The CGPDTM is also the Registrar of Copyrights and Registrar of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design.- The headquarter of the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks is located at Mumbai.
- The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIPM) and Patent Information System (PIS), Nagpur also function under the superintendence and administrative control of the CGPDTM.
- The Patent Office is located at four places, that is, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. The Trade Marks Registry is located at five places, that is, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
- The Designs Wing is located at Kolkata and the Geographical Indications Registry is located at Chennai.
- The Copyright Office and the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry are located at Delhi. The RGNIIPM and PIS are located at Nagpur.
About Examiner of Patents and Designs
The Examiner of Patents & Designs is the backbone of the Patent Office who
examines the patent application in accordance with section 12 of the Patents Act,
1970, which states as follows:
12. Examination of application—
- When a request for examination has been made in respect of an application for a patent in the prescribed manner under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) of section 11B, the application and specification and other documents related thereto shall be referred at the earliest by the Controller to an examiner for making a report to him in respect of the following matters, namely-
- whether the application and the specification and other documents relating thereto are in accordance with the requirements of this Act and of any rules made thereunder;
- whether there is any lawful ground of objection to the grant of the patent under this Act in pursuance of the application;
- the result of investigations made under section 13; and
- any other matter which may be prescribed.
2. The examiner to whom the application and the specification and other
documents relating thereto are referred under sub-section (1) shall ordinarily
make the report to the Controller within such period as may be prescribed.
It may be noted that the Examiner of Patents & Designs also acts as Examiner under
the Designs Act, 2000.
documents relating thereto are referred under sub-section (1) shall ordinarily
make the report to the Controller within such period as may be prescribed.
It may be noted that the Examiner of Patents & Designs also acts as Examiner under
the Designs Act, 2000.
Distribution of Vacancies
Total vacancies and the discipline-wise and category-wise distribution is as follows-
Note: A total of 33 posts among 553 are reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) category candidates
Pay Scale
| Pay Matrix | Level-10 (Rs. 56,100- 1,77,500)/- |
Eligibility Criteria
A candidate must be either:-
- a citizen of India, or
- a subject of Nepal, or
- a subject of Bhutan, or
- a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
- a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Minimum Educational Qualification
Maximum Age Limit and Relaxation
| Category | Maximum Age | Age Relaxation |
| Unreserved (UR) | 35 years | No relaxation |
| Other Backward Class (OBC) | 38 years | 3 years |
| Schedule Caste(SC)/Schedele Tribe (ST) | 40 years | 5 years |
Examination Pattern
The Recruitment Examination for the post of Examiner of Patents and Designs (Group-A) 2023 will consists of three phases as follows:
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination for the screening of candidates for the Mains Examination
Phase-II: Mains Examination for shortlisting the candidates for the Interview
Phase-III: Interview
Mode of Examination: Online
Details of Phases
Phase-I: Preliminary Examination (150 Marks)
- The purpose of preliminary examination to serve as a screening test and the marks secured in this examination will not be considered for the preparation of final merit list of qualified candidates.
- The Preliminary Examination will be conducted in ONLINE mode only.
- It will consist of only one paper of objective type multiple choice questions (MCQs) and will comprise a total of 150 marks.
Time Duration: 02 hours
Preliminary Examination | |
| Syllabus/Component of the Test | No of Questions/Marks |
General English | 15 questions/15 marks |
Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning | 30 questions/30 marks |
Quantitative Aptitude | 30 questions/30 marks |
General Knowledge and Current affairs | 30 questions/30 marks |
General Science | 30 questions/30 marks |
IP Legislation in India, WIPO and related treaties | 15 questions/ 15 marks |
Total | 150 questions/150 marks |
The minimum qualifying marks in Preliminary Examination for different categories is as under-
- Unreserved- 30%
- OBC/EWS- 25%
- SC/ST/Others- 20%
Note: A total of approx 20 times to 553, candidates will be selected in preliminary examination for Phase-II: Mains Examination
Phase-II: Mains Examination (400 Marks)
The Written Mains Examination will be conducted in offline mode only and it will consist of a written examination, which will consist of 2 papers i.e.
- Paper –I (OMR Based) (100 Marks)
- Paper- II (Descriptive Answer) (300 Marks)
Paper- I (100 Marks) | (Duration- 02 hours) | |
| Syllabus/Component of the Test | No of Questions/Marks |
General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 20 questions/20 marks |
General Aptitude | 20 questions/20 marks |
Elementary Mathematics | 20 questions/20 marks |
English Language Proficiency | 20 questions/20 marks |
Knowledge related to Intellectual Property Rights(IPRs) | 20 questions/20 marks |
Total | 100 questions/100 marks |
Paper- II (Descriptive Answer) (300 Marks)
- Paper-II will test the knowledge of the candidate in the technical / scientific discipline of the vacancy applied for.
- Paper-II will be of 3 hours duration and will comprise of 300 marks having descriptive questions. Discipline-wise syllabus is given below.
- The cumulative marks obtained in Paper-I and Paper-II will be assigned 80% weightage in the final list of qualified candidate.
- If a candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible, the relevant answer shallbe treated as incorrect.
- The number of candidates to be eligible for interview may be about five times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled through this recruitment process.
Phase- III: Interview (100 Marks)
- The interview will be a total of 100 marks and this will test the candidate on the topics covered in the preliminary and mains examination.
- The marks obtained in interview will be given remaining 20% weightage in the final list of qualified candidates
Medium/Language of Examination
| English language only |
Syllabus for Main (Written) Examination: Paper- II
